The thin innermost layer of the extraembryonic membranes that contains the amniotic fluid; the membrane forms a closed sac in which the embryo and later, the fetus, is suspended and protected. [ MP:0005029 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith ]
Synonyms: amnios
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Term information
database
cross reference
- Wikipedia:Amnion
- CALOHA:TS-0033
- EV:0100122
- BTO:0000065
- GAID:1298
- FMA:80223
- EHDAA2:0000116
- NCIT:C12365
- VHOG:0000721
- MESH:D000650
- SCTID:181457005
- EHDAA:136
- EMAPA:16109
Subsets
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
Subclass of:
- extraembryonic membrane
- mesoderm-derived structure
- has part some amniotic mesoderm
- has part some amniotic ectoderm
- has developmental contribution from some somatic layer of lateral plate mesoderm
- surrounds some embryo
- develops from some amniotic fold
- has developmental contribution from some ectoderm